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Recent Examples of firing squad
Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection.
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Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Menzies had chosen firing squad as his method of execution, according a ruling published by KUTV.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Idaho lawmakers passed legislation that will make firing squads the state's primary method of execution starting next year.
—CBS News, 22 May 2025
In the past, the country has carried out executions over drug charges via firing squad, the AP reported.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 May 2025
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Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Menzies had chosen firing squad as his method of execution, according a ruling published by KUTV.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Idaho lawmakers passed legislation that will make firing squads the state's primary method of execution starting next year.
—CBS News, 22 May 2025
In the past, the country has carried out executions over drug charges via firing squad, the AP reported.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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They were first spotted by military patrol and then handed over to the police.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Recent immigration sweeps in the Los Angeles area sparked widespread protests and small riots downtown, as people threw rocks at law enforcement and set patrol vehicles on fire, and federal agents responded with tear gas and pepper spray.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
Noun
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More pickets are planned at a handful of supermarkets.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
8 June 2025
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters helped coordinate a picket effort at nine Amazon facilities in December.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The United States has, this year, rapidly increased its air defenses in the region and relies on the air defense capabilities of some partner countries, but smaller U.S. military outposts in Iraq and Syria remain particularly vulnerable.—
Dana Stroul,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Thousands of U.S. service members are stationed at Al Udeid Air Base, the forward headquarters for U.S. Central Command and an important American military outpost on the Persian Gulf.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Walmart The Lily 2 is Garmin’s lovely little lady watch.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
9 July 2025
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Remove any watches, rings or jewelry that could constrict swelling.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 July 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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